Wichita eagle., 1887-09-25

COW. drawn from the udder in the presenc
OF his unkempt patrons. Such procedur
In America would drive the average milk
man to the verge OF bankruptcy. In thest
perliews through which We were passing
OF city containing half q million O
souls, all the requisites necessary for ,
cholera epidemic were approaching ripe
ness. Mark Twain commences a CHAPTER
'See Naples and dier' Well, have seer
Naples, and the meloncho lie wonder to MI
Is that survived the terrible gripings thai
for forty eight hours made life a burden
and the beauty of Nables a delusion and s
snare. WANTED to go home, but fate;
ruled that should go up thee mountain
more like an automatic man charged with
electricity than human being exercising a
Will power, which l am happy to say tri
umphed over the micropes of incipien,
cholera, and made 1t possible for me to be
conveyed up the steep aad winding road to
the station, hence up that dizzy flesh creep
Ing incline. where the motive power Of a
stationary engine elevates the car at an
angle only attained by an ascending bal
loon. And now comes the tug of war,
Bunyan must have had this portion of the
ascent in view when he wrote the Pilgrims
Progress, aud Dante, l imagine, caught
the inspiration here that led on to the pro.
duction of that literary nightmare-the In
fernO Talk about the abomination of DIES.
olation, here it IS revealed in all its ugly
nakedness. Look below and shudder at
the thought Of committing ones
life to the frail and frayed
cable that served It's purpose in bringing us
hither over the glacier like beds of lava,
continue the ascent on foot where human
ingenuity to aid ones progress Is the grip
at the end of a rope secured to q guide
terms five francs, and declined somewhat
reluctantly with thanks. Then we buckle
down to work. Up and up, over hot ashes,
and past crevices emitting the sitting, sui
phurous breath of hell; still higher In hot
ashes to the ankle, the fumes growing
worse with each advancing step-a SUI
preme effort now, requiring nerve and
muscle, and plenty of 1t, and lol we stand
not On memories golden shore" but on
the ragged edge Of natures safety valve,
where the awful sublimity Of the indescrib-
able scene presented, dwarfs all previous
sensations of an awe inspiring character.
l had crouched on the steamers deck when
the tempest tossed the mad waves higher
than its mast. l have been spellbound be
meath the thunder of Niagara's flood, and
long years ago made one of many who
with blanched faces withstood the battles
shock, but In the presence Of the Unseen
Force, whose pulsations no man could cal
culate, all these paled into dim nothingness.
Perhaps it was the unearthly noise of
earth's subterranean gases escaping that
appalled, me. Perhaps 1t was the great
patches of molten lava that were hurled
in the air one hundred feet or more, and
then fell like Quivering mass of coagu,
lated blood into the basin of the volcano.
Perhaps it was the undeniable resemblance |
It bore to preconceived Idea of the in |
fernal regions. This is Vesuvius, which In |
he year IS for twelve hours rained hot |
ashes on the city Of Pompeii, burying 1t to
he depth of twenty feet and causing the |
leath of two thousand Of her citizens. |
Whilst this was going on streams of lava
we're pouring down the mountain sides to-
wards Naples, and burying to the depth of
ninety feet the ancient city of Hercules
,alled Herculaneum. Since then the town of
2esina, a populous suburb of Naples, has
pruDg up on the same spot. and in conse-
Iuence Of the valuable buildings that have
,een erected from time to time, but little
fort has been made to excavate the last
ity. With Pompeii it is different, and
he excavations here have revealed nearly
II of the old town. We spent a whole
fternoon wandering through the deserted
treets, which 1903 years ago resound
d to the babel of voices and
be traffic of busy city. but which In tn e
Of an eye, as it were, sunk into
he Quietude and peace Of the grave. The
aud clearing away of the debris
ave been thorough. There is no grOp,ng
4 the dark, nor stumbling over unsightlY
caps Of ashes and lava. Pompeii stands
ut In as bold relief as any Of the ruins 10
tally Its streets are al paved, and the t
ats worn by wheeled vehicles more than {
800 years ago, have undergone no change
he lower stories Of the buildings com ;
osed Of concrete or brick are all that I
emain, but this is sufficient to give one an 7
lea Of the grand temples, theatres and !.
,laces which here sbounded. In the :
luseum at Naples are eighteen thousand e
ronze objects discovered In Pompeii, 10 L
~ nothing of the marble sculpture and !,
asst array of ancient mural paintings and j
Their objects Of great interest. This L
luseum likewise contains many curi0sities !
xcavsted from Herculaneum AZ Pom
ell there Is O small museum, the most G
riking objects being casts Of bodies dis g
1vered In excavating. The exsct position :,
which the originals were found Is faith =
lily portrayed Naples is the busiest city y
found In all Italy. The Improvements o
lat are taking place Is simply wonderful. =
lock after block of fine business houses